Back in October I posted some media links concerning the discovery of 7
small hominid skeletons in Indonesia
(http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-3084.html#1). The skeletons were
considered to be a new species of human, named Homo floriensis.

Controversy surrounds the interpretation of the skeletons as a new species
of human, as opposed to being dwarf or pygmy Homo sapiens. Some residents
of local islands are around 4 ft (125 cm) tall, but the reason for this
remains to be discovered.